Reversible umbrella tip guard



June 5, 1928. 1,672,626

G. SCHLEMMER REVERSIBLE UMBRELLA TIP GUARD:

Fil ed June 12, 1924 Patented June 5, 1928 i UNITED STATE 5 PATENT-I OFFICE.

GEORGE sonLEMMER, oENEw YORK, N. Y.

REVERSIBLE UMBRELLA 'rrr GUARD.

Applicationfiled' June 12, 1924. Serial No. 719,550.

1' of the umbrella handle. 1

It has been heretofore proposed to mount elastic rings or collars having cup -shape or bell-shape on umbrellas which in their oper-v ating posit-ion engage with a projecting ring in a groove of the umbrella'handle.

These known devices show the disadvantages, that the umbrella handle must'be specially prepared, that the engagement {between collar and the tips wasnotat all times positive, so that when stamping the stick upon the pavement, the engagement was easily destroyed, and that the "engagement between the collar and the handle was not at all times tight enough to be positive, and

f that the collar even after slight use only,

was liable to be distorted and displaced and in this manner to lose its usefulness.

It is the object of my invention to do away with all of these disadvantages, and to provide a guard, which can easily be attached to any umbrella without the necessity 0 specially preparing the same, or by slipping it over any handle, a guard which will at all times securely grip over and guard the tips of the umbrella ribs, and which can read ily. be turned around or about its bottom part, constituting a quasi hinge,to either grip over'the tips, or when reversed, to engage the lower end of the handle by tightly engaging the same.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a reversible holder or guard, the lower or inner face of which may have the color of the umbrella handle, while its outer or upper face may be colored to match the color of the umbrella, and in this manner present a pleasing appearance in both of its operating positions.

of the invention is the A further object provision of an annular body constituting a holder or tip guard provided with a peculiarly shaped bottom prepared from a suitable rubber blank so as to form a stationary member around which the movable walls of the body member may turn or be reverse in the manner of a hinge to either engage when turned in one. direc-' the handle or the tips, asthe case may be. A still further object of the invention is the provision of an annular body member provided with an extension nipple adapted to securely engage the umbrella stick and to holdthe device thereon.

These and other objects of my invention and'adv'antages thereof will become more fully known as-the description proceeds, and

will then be specifically pointed out in the appen'd'edclaim. a

. .In thev accompanying drawing forming a material'part of this disclosure:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a reversible tip guard constructed according to the present invention in position on an" umbrella holding the tips together.

' Figure 2 is afragmentary sectional front elevation of the reversible tip guard in its tip guarding position, the section being taken on line 22 of Figure 1. p U y Figure 3"is a view similar to .Figure 2 glith the guard reversed to engage the hane. I Figure 4, is a topplan view of the guard constructed according to my invention.

Figure 5 is a detail view in section, illustrating on an enlarged scale the guard construction.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 i1- f lustrating on an enlarged scale the construction of amodified form of guard.

An umbrella 10 of any ordinary, well known construction and type, equipped with the customary ribs 11 havmgup'per end tips 12, has a stick 13 on which'its handle 14 of any suitable material and shape or color is mounted in any preferred manner.

The reversible guard 15 is preferably made of elastic or semi-elastic material such as rubber, and is preferably annulus-shaped having an outer circular contour provided with a central opening 16 in its bottom part allowing the passage of the stick 13.

As best illustrated in Figure 5, the annular body 15 has a stationary bottom part 17 and a movable side wall or upstanding wall 18 united to the bottom or made integrally therewith. An annular groove 19 is formed within said bottom wall by means of a suitable die, so that a pivot or hinge'point is presented around which the side wall may be turned in order-to reverse the same in an obvious manner to either engage with its inner face the tips of the umbrella to hold the same firmly assembled about the stick,

or to engage the lower part of the handle when not in use as indicated in Figures 2 and 3, bottom and side all blending by means of the bevel part In the form of my gu-a-relillustrated in Figure 6, the body of the guard is provided on its bottom part With an' extending or projecting nipple 21 adapted to closely engage around the stick, and allowing a folding of the side" Wall about the nipple andto unfold tromlth'e same; if it is: desired to use the device non-reversible, either to engage the'um'brella ti'ps or tobe disengaged therefrom Without being slipped over the handle" end. a

The; operation of my novel guard Wlll be entirely clear iiroi'n the above description.

. If it is des'ire'd to attach the guard to an umbrella, this is either done during the manufacture of the umbrella, or the annular body of the guard can be made of a mate rial having sutfi'ci'ent elasticity to permit a widening-oi the opening 16 to such an extent that: it may conveniently be slipped into place overthe umbrella handle; The guard may be c'olor'ed'so' as to match the color of the umbrella when u'sedas a? tip guard, or tomatch the color oi the handle When rea versed, and engaging the h-andle,-so' for instafica-the outside may be colored bla ck, While the inner Wall is tan-colored; etc.- The material oi the guard Will at all times guarsame a tight; engagement betweengu'ard and stick, and the shape and consi stency'of the material will at all times, produce a snugly engaging action between guard and tips or handle;

It will be clear that such changes may be made in the general arrangement and in upon its opposite surfaces with;annular grooves which define the edges of, said interior portion, the grooves-upon the opposite surfaces of the" body being of the same diameter a'nd juxtaposedwith relationto each other whereby the body ist'h-inned at the opposite sides of the median plane of the interior portionthereof, saidbody having a cylindrical Wall portion. Which joins With the interior portion between the juxtaposed grooves-- a Signed at New Yorkin the county of; New Yorkanelstate of New York this5th day of June A D.- 1924s.

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